Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application
Background Previous investigations of time-to-pregnancy recognition have analysed data from national surveys and clinics, but this has not been investigated in the context of digital fertility applications. Timely pregnancy recognition can help individuals in health and pregnancy management, reducin...
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author | Agathe van Lamsweerde Jack T. Pearson Rachel Urrutia Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson Helena Kopp Kallner Anita Nelson Eleonora Benhar Carlotta Favaro Elina Berglund Scherwitzl Raoul Scherwitzl |
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description | Background Previous investigations of time-to-pregnancy recognition have analysed data from national surveys and clinics, but this has not been investigated in the context of digital fertility applications. Timely pregnancy recognition can help individuals in health and pregnancy management, reducing maternal and foetal risk and costs, whilst increasing treatment options, availability, and cost.Methods This dataset contained 23,728 pregnancies (conceived between June 2018 and December 2022) from 20,429 participants using a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared fertility app in the United States. Most participants (with non-missing information) identified as Non-Hispanic White, and one-third reported obtaining a university degree. We used two-tailed Welch’s t-test, Mann–Whitney U-test, and two-tailed Z-tests to compare time to pregnancy recognition between those using the app to conceive or contracept.Results Participants using an app to conceive recognised pregnancy on average at 31.3 days from last menstrual period (LMP) compared to 35.9 days among those using the app to prevent pregnancy.Conclusion Generalisability is limited, as all participants were using a fertility app and had relatively homogenous sociodemographic characteristics. |
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spelling | doaj-art-31025f7d79e84f93b4c21aad6ac45f6a2025-01-09T12:13:17ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology0144-36151364-68932024-12-0144110.1080/01443615.2024.2337687Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility applicationAgathe van Lamsweerde0Jack T. Pearson1Rachel Urrutia2Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson3Helena Kopp Kallner4Anita Nelson5Eleonora Benhar6Carlotta Favaro7Elina Berglund Scherwitzl8Raoul Scherwitzl9Natural Cycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, SwedenNatural Cycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, USADepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health, Division for Neonatology,Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Health, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Clinical Sciences at Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenWestern University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, USANatural Cycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, SwedenNatural Cycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, SwedenNatural Cycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, SwedenNatural Cycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, SwedenBackground Previous investigations of time-to-pregnancy recognition have analysed data from national surveys and clinics, but this has not been investigated in the context of digital fertility applications. Timely pregnancy recognition can help individuals in health and pregnancy management, reducing maternal and foetal risk and costs, whilst increasing treatment options, availability, and cost.Methods This dataset contained 23,728 pregnancies (conceived between June 2018 and December 2022) from 20,429 participants using a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared fertility app in the United States. Most participants (with non-missing information) identified as Non-Hispanic White, and one-third reported obtaining a university degree. We used two-tailed Welch’s t-test, Mann–Whitney U-test, and two-tailed Z-tests to compare time to pregnancy recognition between those using the app to conceive or contracept.Results Participants using an app to conceive recognised pregnancy on average at 31.3 days from last menstrual period (LMP) compared to 35.9 days among those using the app to prevent pregnancy.Conclusion Generalisability is limited, as all participants were using a fertility app and had relatively homogenous sociodemographic characteristics.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/01443615.2024.2337687Contraceptionpregnancypregnancy recognitionfertility applicationconception |
spellingShingle | Agathe van Lamsweerde Jack T. Pearson Rachel Urrutia Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson Helena Kopp Kallner Anita Nelson Eleonora Benhar Carlotta Favaro Elina Berglund Scherwitzl Raoul Scherwitzl Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Contraception pregnancy pregnancy recognition fertility application conception |
title | Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application |
title_full | Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application |
title_fullStr | Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application |
title_full_unstemmed | Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application |
title_short | Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application |
title_sort | time to pregnancy recognition among users of an fda cleared fertility application |
topic | Contraception pregnancy pregnancy recognition fertility application conception |
url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/01443615.2024.2337687 |
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